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(KTLA) – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck adjacent Bakersfield, California, connected Tuesday evening, sending retired shockwaves felt crossed Southern California.
The quake, which struck astatine a extent of astir 6 miles conscionable aft 9 p.m., was centered astir 7.6 miles westbound northwest of Mettler successful Kern County, astir 19 miles southbound of Bakersfield and 89 miles northbound of downtown Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Residents successful Ventura, Simi Valley, Camarillo, Santa Clarita, Encino, Hollywood, Santa Monica, North Hollywood, Pasadena and Woodland Hills were among those who reported feeling the quake.
Dozens of aftershocks up to magnitude 4.5 took were recorded aft the quake, according to Caltech's Seismological Laboratory.
(USGS)In a news release, officials with the Los Angeles Fire Department said "earthquake mode" had been initiated, prompting each 106 vicinity occurrence stations to behaviour surveys of the country by land, oversea and air.
"No important infrastructure harm oregon injuries person been noted wrong the City of Los Angeles," a 2nd release stated conscionable aft 10 p.m. "LAFD Earthquake Mode is present complete."
In a post to X (formerly Twitter), Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said officials would proceed to survey for immoderate impacts. Officials with L.A. Metro besides posted to X, saying trains would beryllium moving slower "as per our earthquake process to cheque for immoderate damage," but aboriginal reported nary harm to the system.
Motorists connected the southbound 5 Freeway, conscionable southbound of Grapevine Road, however, were not rather arsenic lucky.
A ample boulder that fell into southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway, conscionable southbound of Grapevine Road, apt arsenic a effect of the quake, prompted officers with the California Highway Patrol to adjacent respective lanes of the roadway, causing a monolithic backup.
Prominent Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said connected X that the magnitude 5.2 quake was located astatine the confederate extremity of the Central Valley adjacent the White Wolf responsibility that produced a magnitude 7.5 quake successful 1952, but that this temblor did not look to beryllium connected that fault.
"Like immoderate quake successful SoCal, there's a 5% accidental that it volition beryllium followed by thing bigger," Jones added.
